perigo

Name: perigo, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu/

//pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“perigo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,902. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,902
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,578
“P” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - uma situação de ameaça

Corpus desk

Index PT-perigo · perigo · Portuguese

perigo · rank #1,902 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,902
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 1,578
PHOTO-FINISH perguntar

Nearest frequency peer: perguntar (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

perguntar

98,100
perigo

98,099
pista

98,098
potencial

98,097
princípio

98,096
raiva

98,095

What this shows “perigo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

perigo vs pero

67% similar

perigo vs perto

67% similar

perigo vs primo

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for perigo
Property	Value
Headword	perigo
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu/
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#1,902
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	14
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “perigo”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.perigocai aqui:

#1,902

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “perguntar” (#1,901), “pista” (#1,903), “potencial” (#1,904). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “perigo” fica em #1,902. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around perigo (IPA /pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,902 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for perigo, with forms such as "eprigo", "peirgo", and "pergio". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "pero", "perto", "primo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is perigo, spelled P-E-R-I-G-O.

Definition

1
uma situação de ameaça
2
fonte ou situação que pode causar dano (materais, máquinas, equipamentos e meio ambiente) ou lesão (pessoas)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how perigo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

A partir de outubro, todos os refugos que não apresentarem perigo a saúde, sejam eles domésticos, comerciais ou industriais, têm de ser pré-tratados antes de serem depositados num aterro sanitário da União Européia.

This word in other languages

danger(English)peligro(Español)danger(Français)Gefährdung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

eprigo
peirgo
pergio
periggo
periog
perrigo
pperigo
preigo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perigo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "perigo"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perigo"?

"perigo" is spelled P-E-R-I-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu/.

What does "perigo" mean?

As a noun, "perigo" means: uma situação de ameaça

What words are commonly confused with "perigo"?

"perigo" is commonly confused with "pero", "perto", "primo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "perigo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perigo" is /pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "perigo" come from?

"perigo" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perigo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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